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Barring any weather-related construction delays, the 140,000-square foot store is slated to open Nov. 8, store manager Todd Strassner Jr. said last week during a hearing before the supervisors. He and attorney Mike Schlagnhaufer appeared to request a liquor license transfer for the Pub, the white table cloth restaurant in the market.

MIDDLETOWN >> Demolition of the distressed Granite Run Mall — except for the Boscov’s and Sears anchor stores — could begin in the fall, according to attorney Joseph Riper, representing BET Investments.

KENNETT SQUARE>>Kennett Square officials are creating a “walkable paradise,” and there’s a good chance the borough could secure nearly $1 million in county funding to improve the borough’s streetscapes project this year.

State Police Drugs >> On Wednesday, Jan. 7, a student at Avon Grove High School in the 200 block of State Road in London Grove Township, a student was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, police said.

The final year of high school can be very stressful as any senior will attest - if they have the time to talk between classes, SATS, school visits, essays and college applications. The process of planning one’s future and applying to college can be a daunting task for any student or parent unfamiliar with the process.

Kennett Square Robbery arrest >> On Nov. 25, at 10 p.m., police received the report that victims had just been robbed at gun point by two black males at a residence located in the 100 block South Willow Street.

KENNETT SQUARE >> Colombia has the fastest growing information technology industry in the world and has longest fiber optic network in Latin America. Columbia has an upper middle-income economy, and is Latin America’s fourth largest overall economy.

WEST CHESTER >> As he accepted the Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award from Chester County District Attorney Thomas Hogan on Friday, New Garden Police Chief Gerald Simpson was virtually surrounded by a physical manifestation of the attitude that he — and others also honored in the ceremony — received the award with.

Ever since it opened in 2014, I was hot to try the new Dine-in Movie Theater at AMC Painter’s Crossing 9 at 202 and Route 1 in Chadds Ford. I had heard about Movie Tavern in Collegeville and other tri-state dine-in movie theaters, and I always thought the whole concept was cool.

CONCORD >> Shoppers wishing a beer and sandwich in the café or a glass of wine or craft brew with lunch or dinner in the full-service pub will be able to enjoy either, as the supervisors approved an intermunicipal liquor license transfer for Wegmans under construction near Baltimore Pike and Route 202.

Boy Scout Troop 22 in Unionville recently honored two new Eagle Scouts, William Randolph McNew and Evan Clinton Grimes, at a special Court of Honor held at the Unionville Presbyterian Church. They both joined Pack 22 as Tiger Cubs in 1st grade and continued their Scouting careers together, joining Troop 22 in 2008.

PHILADELPHIA >> The FBI has arrested and charged the former Ss. Simon and Jude parish priest who was accused last year by local authorities of sending and receiving child pornography on a popular social media site, on which he pretend to be a 16-year-old girl.